Now working (a bit): PC VR with Meta Quest 2, Parallels and Virtual Desktop on M1 / Apple Silicon

Hi, I have the same issue and was wondering if there is a solution to it?
If so could you please assist me in fixing it?

 

This worked great, thanks lzzard!

 

It sounds like there's a lot of people stuck on step 4 because they can't run the installer with the "/diagnostic" switch. Here's some tips:

1. Make sure you know where the OculusSetup.exe installer is actually saved to.
   1. It needs to be accessible from the virtual machine, so if it's downloaded on your host machine then you'll need to download it again inside the VM or you'll need to make your host downloads accessible in the VM.
   2. If you're unfamiliar with newer versions of Windows then the various versions of folders can be confusing. A lot of people note that it's in a Downloads folder, but there are different versions of this for the current user, and that are shared across users, and your host machine files might be mounted in a different one.
   3. If you can find the installer in the File Explorer, then right click it and choose Properties, and you'll see a field called Location with the path to where its saved which you can use when you change directory in the command prompt.
   4. If you've changed to the folder that you think it's saved in using the command prompt then type "dir" and make sure you can see the installer. If you don't see it there then you're still in the wrong folder.
   5. If you can see it in the File Explorer, then you can also right click in the empty space in the folder and then choose "Open in Terminal" and it'll take you to that folder in the PowerShell (which isn't exactly the same as the Command Prompt but close enough for all you need to use it for).
   6. If can NOT see it in the File Explorer either, try opening the Start Menu and just typing OculusSetup.exe in the search bar and it'll find it, and then you can right click and choose "Open file location" and it'll open the containing folder in the File Explorer.
   7. If you still can't find it, then you're probably best off just downloading it again.
2. If the installer is actually in the VM and you know where it is, then you really can run it in the command line or the File Explorer.
   1. For the command line:
      1. Open the Command Prompt or PowerShell, both will work the same for this.
      2. Type "cd " and paste in the Location where the installer is saved.
      3. Type "dir" to make sure you see it, if you don't go back and find the right location.
      4. Then just type ".\OculusSetup.exe /diagnostic"
      5. It should run in the diagnostic mode that the OP described.
   2. For the File Explorer:
      1. You can run it with the switch here to if you make a shortcut first so you can add the switch.
      2. The easiest way I've found to make the shortcut is to just right-click the installer file and then click "Pin to Start".
      3. Then open your Start menu and right click the new OculusSetup that showed up there, and then choose "Open file location".
      4. It'll take you to the location of the shortcut, at which point you can right click that again and choose "Properties".
      5. There's a Target field that has the full path including the OculusSetup.exe, just add a space and the "/diagnostic" switch to that field and then click OK.
      6. Then you can run the shortcut from that folder or from the Start menu and it'll run in that mode described by the OP.
      7. Feel free to delete the shortcut when you're done.

Note that none of this is directly related to this guide from the OP or to the VR setup, it's more general stuff about Windows and virtual machines. I hope it's not too much noise in the thread but there seemed to already be a lot about this as people tried to make this work. Hopefully it's helpful.

 

One more thing that people seem to be stuck on in step 4 is getting past the error message in the installer.

1. When you run the installer, it will STILL hit the error message, the OP doesn't have a solution for that (yet).
2. However, if you run it with the "/diagnostic" switch then the installer won't immediately uninstall when it hits an error.
3. So, when you hit the error, do NOT click OK or it will still uninstall.
4. Instead, leave the installer on the error screen, and go to your Start menu and type in Task Manager, then click to open that app.
5. In Task Manager there will be a section of Apps at the top showing what's actively running in the foreground and you should see some variant of Oculus Setup listed there.
6. Right click on it, and choose "End task".

This will let you close the installer without uninstalling, and then you can move on to step 5 in the original post.